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Salesforce Sales Cloud2025

One connected platform for a global manufacturing leader

Connecting ERP, CRM, EDI and e-commerce to create a unified digital enterprise.

  • Sales Cloud
  • Commerce Cloud
  • NetSuite
  • MuleSoft
  • Dell Boomi
Industry
Packaging
Engagement
Salesforce Sales Cloud
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The customer

A global business running on disconnected platforms

A global leader in consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging and packaging supply chain services, serving customers across a broad worldwide footprint.

As the organization continued to grow, its business operations depended on multiple enterprise platforms. ERP, CRM, EDI and e-commerce systems each supported critical functions, but disconnected processes created challenges in sharing information, managing orders, serving customers and maintaining consistent data across the enterprise.

AD Infosystem helped transform these disconnected applications into a connected digital ecosystem, enabling customer, product, pricing, order and transaction information to flow seamlessly across business functions.

The challenge

Critical systems that could not share what they knew

The customer was operating a complex technology landscape involving ERP, CRM, EDI, e-commerce and multiple integration interfaces.

Key challenges included
  1. Fragmented customer and operational information across multiple applications
  2. Limited visibility into the complete customer relationship
  3. Manual handoffs between sales, customer service, operations and finance
  4. Repetitive order and transaction processing
  5. Complex EDI transaction flows with trading partners
  6. Difficulty accessing ERP information from customer-facing processes
  7. Inconsistent or duplicated data across systems
  8. Slower quote-to-order and order-to-cash processes
  9. Limited visibility into customer orders and business activity
  10. Increasing integration complexity as new customers, channels and applications were added
What the business needed

The organization needed more than point-to-point integrations. It needed a scalable digital architecture that connected the enterprise around the customer and the order lifecycle.

The solution

One connected digital ecosystem

AD Infosystem designed and implemented an integrated architecture connecting the organization’s core business platforms.

Technology ecosystem
ERP
NetSuite
CRM
Salesforce
EDI
Dell Boomi
E-commerce
Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Integration
MuleSoft, REST & SOAP APIs

The solution connected customer engagement, sales, e-commerce, ERP, order management, EDI and operational processes into a coordinated flow of information.

Connected business flow
  1. Customer / Prospect
  2. Salesforce CRM
    Lead → Opportunity → Quote → Customer
  3. Pricing & Order
    Product + Customer + Pricing + Availability
  4. Salesforce Commerce Cloud / Order Channels
  5. MuleSoft Integration Layer
  6. NetSuite ERP
    Order → Fulfillment → Invoice → Financials
  7. Dell Boomi / EDI
    Trading Partner → EDI Transaction → ERP / Business Process

This architecture created a foundation where each system could continue performing its specialized role while information moved seamlessly between platforms.

Customer 360°

The whole customer relationship, in one place

One of the key outcomes was the ability to provide sales and service teams with a more complete view of the customer.

Instead of navigating multiple systems, users could access relevant customer information through Salesforce and connected enterprise data.

Business impact

Sales and customer service teams can understand the customer relationship and business activity in context, enabling faster responses and more informed customer conversations.

360°
Customer 360
can bring together
  • Customer profile
  • Contacts and relationships
  • Leads and opportunities
  • Quotes and pricing
  • Orders
  • Order status
  • Products
  • Purchase history
  • Invoices
  • Cases and service interactions
  • Sales activities
  • E-commerce activity
Sales & quoting

Intelligent sales and quoting

The integrated platform also improves the sales team’s ability to create and manage quotes. Sales representatives can work with customer, product, historical order and pricing information without relying on disconnected processes.

Sales teams can
From lead to quote

This creates a more streamlined Lead-to-Quote-to-Order experience.

  1. Lead
  2. Qualification
  3. Customer 360
  4. Opportunity
  5. Product Selection
  6. Pricing
  7. Quote
  8. Customer Approval
  9. Order
  10. Fulfillment
Orders, EDI & commerce

The order, connected from channel to invoice

Three lanes carry an order through the business — the sales and service desk, the trading-partner network and the online store — and each now hands off to the next without re-entry.

Connected order management

Orders can move between customer-facing channels and back-office operations through integrated APIs and enterprise integrations.

  1. Customer / Sales Rep
  2. Salesforce / Commerce Cloud
  3. MuleSoft Integration
  4. NetSuite
  5. Fulfillment
  6. Invoice
  7. Customer

The integration reduces manual re-entry and provides greater visibility into order status throughout the lifecycle.

EDI automation

EDI is a critical component of the packaging and manufacturing ecosystem. Dell Boomi helps connect trading partners and enterprise systems so that business transactions can be exchanged electronically.

Examples include
  • Purchase Orders
  • Order Acknowledgments
  • Advance Ship Notices
  • Invoices
  • Product and business data
  • Other trading-partner transactions

By integrating EDI processes with the broader enterprise architecture, the organization can reduce manual processing and improve transaction consistency.

E-commerce integration

Salesforce Commerce Cloud provides the digital commerce experience while integration connects online activity with CRM and ERP processes.

  1. Customer
  2. Product Discovery
  3. Online Order
  4. Salesforce
  5. Integration Layer
  6. NetSuite
  7. Fulfillment
  8. Customer

This enables the business to provide a more consistent experience across sales representatives, customer service and digital commerce channels.

Integration architecture

An integration layer in place of point-to-point

AD Infosystem implemented an API and integration-driven architecture using MuleSoft, REST, SOAP and enterprise integration services.

Integration objectives
  • Connect applications without creating unnecessary point-to-point dependencies
  • Standardize data exchange
  • Automate business processes
  • Improve reliability of system-to-system communication
  • Support real-time and near-real-time integration where appropriate
  • Simplify future application onboarding
  • Create a scalable foundation for additional digital capabilities
Core integration landscape
  1. Salesforce CRM
  2. MuleSoft / APIs
  3. NetSuite ERP
  1. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
  2. MuleSoft / APIs
  3. NetSuite
  1. Trading Partners
  2. Dell Boomi / EDI
  3. NetSuite / Enterprise Applications

Each system talks to the integration layer, not to every other system — so adding one more means one more connection, not a new web of them.

Before & after

From manual handoffs to a connected operating model

The transformation moved the organization from disconnected applications and manual handoffs toward a connected operating model.

BeforeAfter
Multiple sources of informationConnected enterprise data
Manual data entryAutomated integration
Limited customer visibilityCustomer 360
Disconnected sales and ERP processesConnected Lead-to-Order
Manual EDI processesAutomated EDI transactions
Separate e-commerce and back officeConnected digital commerce
Difficult order trackingImproved order visibility
Repetitive reconciliationIntegrated data flow
Complex point-to-point interfacesAPI/integration architecture
Limited scalabilityScalable digital foundation
Business benefits

What the connected platform changed

  1. Improved Customer 360 visibility

    Sales and service teams gain broader visibility into customer relationships, purchasing activity, orders, products and interactions.

  2. Increased sales productivity

    Sales representatives spend less time searching for information and performing administrative tasks and more time engaging customers.

  3. Faster quote-to-cash

    Connected processes reduce handoffs between sales, commerce, ERP, fulfillment and finance.

  4. Improved order accuracy

    Automated system integration reduces duplicate data entry and manual transcription.

  5. Faster customer response

    Customer-facing teams can access relevant information more quickly and respond to customer inquiries with greater context.

  6. Reduced manual processing

    Automation reduces repetitive activities across sales, order management, EDI and back-office operations.

  7. Better data consistency

    Integrated applications reduce conflicting information and create a more reliable flow of enterprise data.

  8. Scalable global architecture

    The integration framework provides a foundation for onboarding additional customers, trading partners, applications, products and digital channels.

  9. Better management visibility

    Connected information enables leadership to gain improved visibility into sales activity, customer activity, orders and operational performance.

The AD Infosystem difference

AD Infosystem brings together CRM, ERP, e-commerce, EDI, integration, data and AI expertise to solve complex business transformation challenges.

Rather than implementing applications in isolation, we focus on how systems work together across the complete business lifecycle.

What comes next

From integration to intelligent enterprise

The connected platform also creates the foundation for future AI-driven capabilities. Once customer, product, pricing, order, inventory and transaction data are connected, organizations can introduce intelligent capabilities such as:

AD Infosystem helps manufacturing, packaging, distribution and other complex organizations modernize their technology landscape by connecting people, processes, applications and data.

  • Salesforce
  • ERP
  • E-Commerce
  • EDI
  • Integration
  • Data
  • Analytics
  • AI

Build a connected enterprise

If your organization has multiple systems that need to work together, AD Infosystem can help create a connected architecture that improves customer experience, employee productivity, operational efficiency and business visibility.